. >> in november 2012, hmrc customs, in evidence to the public accounts committee, said that there werezen prosecutions in train in relation to the hsbc case load. none of them have come to court yet. can the prime minister explain why? >> first, on prosecutions for tax evasion, the figures are that they have gone up fivefold under this government since 2010. 2,650 cases, leading to hundreds of years of imprisonment, taken as a whole. that is what has happened, but there is an important point here, which is that, in our country, the tax collection agency, hmrc, is independent of government and independent of ministers, and it has to raise the taxes, carry out the investigations and order the prosecutions. it is very important in a free country that ministers are not given the details of who is being investigated and what the prosecutions are. this does not happen in other countries, and we have a word for it. it is called corruption, but it seems to be the path suggested by the labour party. >> my constituents -- [interruption.] >> order. the honorable gentleman is entitled to be heard

speaker, in november 2012 hmrc and the committee said there were a dozen prosecutions in relation to the case law. none of them have come to court yet. can he expect to us why that is the case of? >> first of all on prosecutions for tax evasion, the figures have gone up fivefold under this government since 2010. 2650 cases leading to hundreds of years of imprisonment taken as a whole. that's what's happened to but there is an important point here, which is in our country the tax collection agency, hrm sikkim isn't even of government independent of ministers, and that has to raise the taxes and carry out the investigation and order the prosecution. it's very important in a free country that ministers are not given the details of who is being investigated and what the prosecutions are. now, this doesn't happen in other countries and we have a word for it, it's called corruption. but it seems to be the path suggested by the party opposite. >> thank you mr. speaker. [shouting] >> order, order. the honorable gentleman is entitled to be heard with courtesy. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my co

speaker, in november 2012 hmrc and the committee said there were a dozen prosecutions in relation to the case law. none of them have come to court yet. can he expect to us why that is the case of? >> first of all on prosecutions for tax evasion, the figures have gone up fivefold under this government since 2010. 2650 cases leading to hundreds of years of imprisonment taken as a whole. that's what's happened to but there is an important point here, which is in our country the tax collection agency, hrm sikkim isn't even of government independent of ministers, and that has to raise the taxes and carry out the investigation and order the prosecution. it's very important in a free country that ministers are not given the details of who is being investigated and what the prosecutions are. now, this doesn't happen in other countries and we have a word for it, it's called corruption. but it seems to be the path suggested by the party opposite. >> thank you mr. speaker. [shouting] >> order, order. the honorable gentleman is entitled to be heard with courtesy. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my co

in our country, the tax collection agency, hmrc is independent of government, and carry out the investigations and order the prosecutions. it's very important that in a free country that ministers are not given the details of who's being investigated and what the prosecutions are. now this doesn't happen in other countries and we have a word for it. it's called corruption. but it seems to be the path suggested by the party opposite. >> thank you mr. speaker. my -- the honorable gentleman is entitled to be heard with courtesy. mr. davis. >> thank you mr. speaker. my constituents are not able to see a gp as quickly as we should. does the prime minister agree that we need more it aavailable for my constituents in whales. >> we've made the commitment that we're going to have 7 day opening, 8 dlok 8 in the evening. that's hrthe government in whales, it is their decision to cut the nhs that has landed and provide gps in whales because it is the right policy. >> the ant yim n and others. would the prime minister be prepared to meet a group from that committee because while the report is a work plan f